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How Is Your Microbiome Affected By Your Type Of Birth

During a Cesarean birth, you are more likely to have skin type microbes colonizing you. In a vaginal birth, you are more likely to have vaginal and fecal microbes colonizing you. Whether you are breast or bottle fed, that will change the types of microbes you acquire.

Pint of Science · Professor Sheena Cruickshank Immunologist & Microbiome Enthusiast · at 24:39 · ·Transcript

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